CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
41.4%
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the system to change to halt-mode, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.
Emerson reports this vulnerability affects the following GE PACSystem products and versions:
Sending specially manipulated packets can cause the module state to change to halt-mode, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. An operator must reboot the CPU module after removing battery or energy pack to recover from halt-mode.
CVE-2019-13524 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Jin Kyung Lee and Yeop Chang of NSR (National Security Research Institute) reported this vulnerability to CISA.
Emerson has acquired the affected products from GE. All inquiries should be directed to Emerson:
1-888-565-4155
1-434-214-8532 (if toll free 800 option is unavailable)
Tech Support:
Sales/Order Support:
Emerson recommends users upgrade to the following versions:
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on us-cert.gov. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage on us-cert.gov in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability.
web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2019-13524
cisasurvey.gov1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9n4TtB8uttUPaM6?product=https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-20-014-01
cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/en_US/Download/IC695CPE302-PACSystems-RX3i-CPU-Firmware
digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/en_US/Download/IC695CPE305-PACSystems-RX3i-CPU-DN
digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/en_US/Download/IC695CPE310-PACSystems-RX3i-CPU-DN
digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/en_US/Download/IC695CPE330-PACSystems-RX3i-CPU-DN
digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/en_US/Download/IC695CPE400-PACSystems-RX3i-Rackless-CPU-with-Field-Agent
digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/en_US/Download/IC695CPL410-PACSystems-RX3i-Rackless-CPU-with-Linux
digitalsupport.ge.com/en_US/Article/EPSCPE100-Landing-Page
digitalsupport.ge.com/en_US/Article/EPSCPE115-Landing-Page
public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCISA/subscriber/new?topic_id=USDHSCISA_138
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www.oig.dhs.gov/
www.us-cert.gov/ics
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www.us-cert.gov/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01
www.us-cert.gov/ics/recommended-practices
www.us-cert.gov/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B
www.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf
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CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
41.4%